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KARACHI: Deadlock between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan convener Dr Farooq Sattar and members of the party’s highest-decisionmaking body further intensified as both sides refused to budge in favour of the other. Negotiations between both the camps have yielded no breakthrough on the inclusion of Kamran Tessori as MQM-P’s Senate candidate...

Veteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra was on Wednesday accused of sexually harassing his cousin, who has come forward to file a police complaint 47 years after the alleged incident. Jeetendra has dubbed the charges as “baseless”, and a “miserable effort by a jealous competitor to disrupt his business activities”. Rubbishing the...

FAISALABAD: Police raided a women’s clothing store in People’s Colony area of the city after a customer alerted authorities over alleged discovery of hidden cameras in the store’s changing (trial) room. According to sources, police detained two of the store’s employees during the raid on Wednesday, and registered a case...

King Abdullah-II of Jordan arrives in Islamabad today on a two-day visit to Pakistan on the invitation of President Mamnoon Hussain.He will hold talks with President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Radio Pakistan reported. Bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest will be discussed. The visit will provide...

Valentine’s Day really messes with us as a society. Whether you’re just starting a relationship or you’ve been together for basically forever, there’s a lot of pressure on making Feb. 14 one of the most memorable days of the year. For some people, Valentine’s Day is the greatest time of...

How do you fall asleep? It happens to us every night, but it’s still a deeply mysterious process. A group of international researchers from the University of Cambridge is trying to discover what happens in that moment of drowsiness , as we go through the transition from being awake to asleep. For that,...

Students sometimes claim that their dog ate their homework. One pet owner, however, can be proud of his good boy, who has his own degree. A few years back, a man came forward to claim that his dog Murphy received an acceptance letter for admission for a bachelor’s degree in...

What comes next may look like a chapter in the award-winning futuristic Black Mirror series . .. but is not. It is a new technology known as “Human Uber” (human Uber) that allows a person to “replace” another in events and other social situations by placing a screen on his face and a device that projects...

The words we use daily spontaneously could be an indication of depression. This conclusion was reached through the use of technology that allowed us to analyze the linguistic patterns of 63 internet forums in English , with more than 6,400 members. The study was conducted by Mohamed Al-Mosaiwi and Tom Johnstone, of...

KARACHI: Stocks rebounded sharply following Tuesday’s panic selling as the benchmark index gained to close above the 44,000 mark. The KSE-100 Index shot up as soon as trading began, increasing 414 points to hit an intra-day high of 44,299.87. The positivity came on the back of recovery in international markets, which...